All the muscle seems to be going to my arms?

Since starting the gym I have put on 5 kg, but it has pretty much all gone to my arms. I workout chest, back, biceps, triceps and shoulders but I have only put on mass on my arms, why is this?

Reply 1

Hype en Ecosse

Aren't you the guy who's only been going to the gym for a month? Arms are just an easy place to notice muscle gains. Stick at it and the rest will come - you can't expect results too quickly. :smile:

Reply 2

It's****ingWOODY

You haven't put 5kg onto your arms alone or they'd be huge.

Reply 3

username1500433

As said above there is no way you've put 5kg on your arms. What workout are you doing?

Reply 4

zigglr

Original post by will_jg

As said above there is no way you've put 5kg on your arms. What workout are you doing?

Well when I started I was 79kg, just weighed myself today on same gym scales and i'm now 84kg, and the only part that looks bigger is my arms

I do chest and triceps one day (flat Bench press, incline bench press, cable flies, tricep exercises that I don't know the name of)

Next day I do back and biceps

Next day I do shoulders

I do each of these twice a week

Reply 5

abc101

And you don't do legs?! Ever?!

Reply 6

Hype en Ecosse

You're hitting your arms 6 days a week, of course that's where you're going to notice growth first.

Reply 7

zigglr

Original post by abc101

And you don't do legs?! Ever?!

No I already have ok legs I want to focus on my upper body at the moment

Reply 8

username1500433

Original post by zigglr

Get yourself on a proper weight training programme. What you're currently doing is hitting arms 6x per week. Keep in mind when you train back and shoulders etc, depending on the exercise you may also be hitting your triceps/biceps.

Reply 9

Hype en Ecosse

The routine's fine, lol. It's a typical c/t, b/b, l/s split without the legs. If he doesn't want to do the legs part, that's his own decision. :lol:

Reply 10

zigglr

Original post by will_jg

Lol I am just working out all muscle groups though apart legs

Reply 11

zigglr

Original post by Hype en Ecosse

You're hitting your arms 6 days a week, of course that's where you're going to notice growth first.

Thanks, hopefully it's not because i'm not capable of growing muscles in those areas or something lol

Reply 12

studentsfitness

You may be having trouble activating your chest/back when working them out therefore all your growth would be going to their synergist muscles which would be your biceps/triceps.

Try to focus on really activating your chest and back when doing exercises for them. A good way to do this is before your regular workout routine, do an exercise where you feel the movement working your chest/back the most (called pre-exhausting) then move on to your other exercises. This way your chest and back will be better activated and will allow the growth to primarily go to those muscles rather than your biceps or triceps.

Good chest activation exercises:
- cable flies
- dumbbell flies
- pushups

Tip for activating your back:
Think about pulling with your elbow rather than your hand (I know it sounds a little weird) as this will help you to use your back more than your biceps throughout the movement.

Good luck :smile:

Reply 13

zigglr